Hi Rick,I never thought of playing them on a modern turntable, but I did this with Diamond Discs and they sounded much better than I thought. My problem is my turntable only does 33 and 45.Thanks for the wonderful idea.Steve> From: AGW1886 at aol.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:13:32 -0400> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Marconi Velvet Tone discs> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> > In a message dated 7/4/2007 10:23:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > steve_noreen at msn.com writes:> > > Do you play yours? I thought they were too fragile to play. How do you > > keep them from slipping? I am now curious how these sound.> > > Hi All, > Well, I'm not Robert but I play my Marconi Records. I merely play them on a > modern lightweight tone arm electric 78 rpm phonograph. The sound can be simple > awsome! I have also played a few Columbias from the same era that seem to > blow away the Victors with depth and roundness on tone. > However, something changed in Columbia's recording equipment and by the time > the Blue Label records came out the sound quality in the lower range seems to > have greatly diminished.> My only assumption is that the strong notes in the lower register were > causing damage to the reproducers used in the Columbia. The mica would finally > start to disintigrate from the extra strong vibration and caused that squealing > sound at certain tones and if the reproducer was too stiff the damage to the > grooves would soon become apparant.> Just my personal observations.> Sincerely.> Rick A. Jorgensen> > AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE & WIRELESS Co.> http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/index.html> GOLDEN ERA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION> http://members.aol.com/AGW1888/geaahome.htm> > > > **************************************> See what's free at http://www.aol.com.> _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org